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Black Literature

Readers tell us about your favorite and not-so-favorite books. Authors and Publishers share information about your books. This forum is open to everyone interested in discussing anything related to books by, or about, Black people.

  1. Vote for Your Favorite Black Author of the 21st Century

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 929 views
    Troy

  2. My first urban book

    Guest Tevin Lynn,
    • 1 reply
    • 929 views
    Troy

  3. O.W. Showe

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 928 views
    Slaise

  4. Surviving The Murder Capital Of The World: Life & Times Of Legend Lawson. For book review.

    Guest Legend Lawson,
    • 1 reply
    • 928 views
    Troy

  5. Empress of Coils [Book Review Request]

    Guest Lynn Graham,
    • 0 replies
    • 928 views
    Guest
    Guest

  6. Writing Opportunity Fiyah Lit

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 927 views
    richardmurray

  7. 4th Annual African American Children's Book Fair

    Guest Reginald F. Lewis Museum,
    • 1 reply
    • 927 views
    Troy

  8. Our Forum Cited in the Book Total Chaos by Jeff Chang

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 927 views
    Cynique

  9. Meji 10th Anniversary Edition

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 927 views
    Milton

  10. Book Review Request -- "On Top of the World (Until the Bell Chimes)"

    Guest Chelsea Apple,
    • 0 replies
    • 927 views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. Writer Angela Bofill

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 926 views
    richardmurray

  12. Cease & Desist Letter!!! What the...

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 925 views
    Slaise

  13. New to the Forum

    Guest Anita Wills,
    • 0 replies
    • 924 views
    Guest
    Guest

  14. "Rising Above Statistics: Success Against All Odds". A Book for anyone determined to succeed.

    Guest LaWann Moses,
    • 0 replies
    • 924 views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. True Black Literature

    Guest Carol Denise Mitchell,
    • 0 replies
    • 924 views
    Guest
    Guest

  16. New black author

    Guest Dajon Powell,
    • 0 replies
    • 923 views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. Tyson's Undisputed Truth - Was Hard to Watch

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 923 views
    Troy

  18. Party with us during the 2017 Black Pack Party

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 923 views
    Troy

  19. Black Pack Party 10th Anniversary Celebration (May 2016)

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 923 views
    Troy

  20. A Balm in Gilead

    Guest R. C. Webber,
    • 0 replies
    • 922 views
    Guest
    Guest

  21. Buy 100+ of the Best Books about Black Children

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 921 views
    Troy

  22. Would love to be consider for a book review

    The Black Magician,
    • 0 replies
    • 921 views
    The Black Magician

  23. Changa and The Jade Obelisk #1

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 920 views
    Milton

  24. Black. Anglo-Saxon.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 920 views
    harry brown

  25. A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 920 views
    richardmurray

  26. Long Shot, Craig. Hodges.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 920 views
    harry brown

  27. Remember: When people tell you something's wrong...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 920 views
    Troy

  28. Writer's Pro Workshops:Digital Workshops for Aspiring, New, and Veteran Authors

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 919 views
    Troy

  29. The Lemon Eater and the Vioo Kite

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 919 views
    richardmurray

  30. Great. American. Read,Black. Author. Books.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 919 views
    harry brown

  31. My Story-Despite My Odds

    Guest Denise Monique,
    • 0 replies
    • 919 views
    Guest
    Guest

  32. Book Review Request

    Guest Marion Hill,
    • 0 replies
    • 919 views
    Guest
    Guest

  33. Eddie Green The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer

    Guest Elva D. Green,
    • 1 reply
    • 919 views
    Troy

  34. Reading dialect aloud

    Guest Linda B.,
    • 1 reply
    • 919 views
    Troy

  35. OVERCOMING SPEECHLESSNESS,,ALICE WALKER

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 918 views
    harry brown

  36. One Lost Boy: A Memoir of a Missing Childhood

    Guest Deborah Elum,
    • 0 replies
    • 918 views
    Guest
    Guest

  37. Bestselling Books by, or About, Black People for April 2021

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 918 views
    Troy

  38. American Dream. Achieved. ,From. Negro Expense?

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 918 views
    harry brown

  39. Unpublished

    Guest,
    • 0 replies
    • 917 views
    Guest
    Guest

  40. Mother-A. Cradle. To. Hold. Me. Maya Angelou.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 916 views
    harry brown

  41. The Ancestral Tree- a Juneteenth poem

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 915 views
    richardmurray

  42. 61 Bestselling Fiction, Nonfiction, Children’s, and Poetry Books for January/February 2021

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 915 views
    Troy

  43. The 2020 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Winners

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 915 views
    Troy

  44. ...Talking About Good Music, Check out I Called Him Morgan

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 914 views
    Troy

  45. MVmedia Books Available as EPUB!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 914 views
    Milton

  46. Request for Book Review

    Guest Felicia Brookins,
    • 0 replies
    • 913 views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. The Perfect Black

    Guest Chase Green,
    • 0 replies
    • 913 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. U.S. book Publishing Generated $27.78B in Revenue

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 913 views
    Troy

  49. Robby

    Guest MartyR,
    • 0 replies
    • 912 views
    Guest
    Guest

  50. Do you see it?

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 912 views
    Troy

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